There’s a new blog on the block called Gowanus Lounge. He got in touch with me today and I was glad to hear about it because his blog looks GOOD and there are  a lot of GREAT pictures on there. (see left).

GL wanted to hear about THE FIRST ANNUAL BROOKLYN BLOG FESTIVAL on June 22 at 8 p.m. (hope to see all of you there), which I am organizing at the Old Stone House in Park Slope.

To give you an idea of what GL is up to, here is an excerpt from his introductory post (from April 2006).

 and stories that feature a
strong sense of place.""Welcome to the Gownanus Lounge, the culmination of months of rumination, if not
planning. It will seek to cover, through words and pictures, whatever
moves me, with a particular focus on New York City.  The focus will be Brooklyn–and particularly Gowanus, Red
Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg and
Dumbo–with frequent excursions into Queens, especially Long Island
City. Manhattan, too.

Up front: While I am a realist about what
cities need in order to survive and thrive, I am not a fan of what is
happening in our communities, and particularly of the looming
Manhattanization of Brooklyn and of the ongoing Theme Parkization of
Manhattan. The blog side of Gowanus Lounge will be joined, some months
down the road, by a literary magazine intended to feature the work,
especially, of Brooklyn-based writers,

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GOWANUS LOUNGE. WE’RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.